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Why Monitoring Emissions from Permafrost Matters

NASA aerial campaigns monitor the gases leaking from Alaskan permafrost for signs of change.


NASA Earth Observatory map by Joshua Stevens, using data from the CARVE field campaign. Caption by Adam Voiland, with reporting by Alan Buis.

Published April 12, 2016
Data acquired December 14, 2015

Source:
In situ Measurement